Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authorBrainstorm Force
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release10 days ago 29 Oct 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record310
Rating4.9 /5 · 4,755
Added to directory26 Jul 2017
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Brainstorm Force throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikschavan | 49 | 26 Jul 2017 | 27 May 2022 |
| patilvikasj | 6 | 19 Feb 2019 | 20 Mar 2024 |
| vrundakansara | 14 | 16 Apr 2019 | 13 Jul 2021 |
| brainstormworg | 234 | 25 Oct 2019 | 29 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
69,726 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 13% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 350,349/day31 Oct 2026
11 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.9. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 18 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026: 12 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers overwhelmingly highlight the support team behind Starter Templates, with 8 of 12 reviews mentioning responsive, hands-on help from Brainstorm Force. 6 of 12 reviews praise the templates themselves, calling the designs professional, high quality, or visually polished. 4 of 12 reviews describe the plugin as easy to use, pointing to straightforward customization and navigation even for beginners. 3 of 12 reviews mention the time saved compared to building a site from scratch. Across the window, reviewers frame Starter Templates as a fast, well supported way to launch a WordPress site.
- 8 of 12 mention responsive, hands-on customer support. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
- 6 of 12 praise the quality or professional look of the templates. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 4 of 12 describe the templates as easy to use or navigate. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 3 of 12 mention saving time when building a site. [1] [2] [3]
Counted from the public review forum on 04 Nov 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 7,045 | 11,710 | 9,383 | 350,349 | 27,065 | 18,843 | 13,001 | 11,612 | 0 | 17,599 | 20,993 | 77,106 | 347,768 |
| Ratings total | 4,752 | 4,753 | 4,754 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 | 4,755 |
| Version | 4.7.8 | 4.7.8 | 4.7.8 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.9 | 4.7.10 | 4.7.10 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000,000+) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory9 years ago 26 Jul 2017
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Oct 2026, 10 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 33 other plugins, 33 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 29 Oct 202610 days agoVersion 4.7.10 released
- 20 Oct 202619 days agoVersion 4.7.9 released
- 01 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 4.7.8 released
- 17 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 4.7.7 released
- 16 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 4.7.6 released
- 20 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 4.7.5 released
- 12 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 4.7.4 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 29 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 4.7.3 released
- 22 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 4.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 13 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 4.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 09 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 4.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 24 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 17 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 20 May 20266 months agoVersion 4.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 01 May 20266 months agoVersion 4.5.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 17 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 16 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 09 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 01 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 26 Jul 20179 years ago290 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 26 Jul 2017 and 19 Mar 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 26 Jul 20179 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 05 Oct 2026 · CVE-2026-39721: Starter Templates Missing AuthorizationStrix
- 05 Oct 2026 · WordPress Starter Templates plugin <= 4.7.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2026-102393)HOL Guard
- 24 Jan 2025 · WordPress Plugin: astra-sites: CVE-2025-24568Rapid7
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Brainstorm Force for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 10 days ago (29 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 4,755 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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